W.C. Fields
William Claude Dukenfield was the eldest of five children born to Cockney immigrant James Dukenfield and Philadelphia native Kate Felton. He went to school for four years, then quit to work with his father selling vegetables from a horse cart. At eleven, after many fights with his alcoholic father (who hit him on the head with a shovel), he ran away from home. For a while he lived in a hole in...
William Claude Dukenfield was the eldest of five children born to Cockney immigrant James Dukenfield and Philadelphia native Kate Felton. He went to school for four years, then quit to work with his father selling vegetables from a horse cart. At eleven, after many fights with his alcoholic father (who hit him on the head with a shovel), he ran away from home. For a while he lived in a hole in...
Known For
Cast Credits
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)
Sensations of 1945
as W.C. Fields
Song of the Open Road
as W.C. Fields
Follow the Boys
as W. C. Fields
Tales of Manhattan
as Professor Pufflewhistle (uncredited)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
as The Great Man
The Bank Dick
as Egbert Sousé
My Little Chickadee
as Cuthbert J. Twillie
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Larson E. Whipsnade
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as T. Frothingill Bellows / S.B. Bellows
Poppy
as Eustace McGargle
Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Ambrose Wolfinger
Mississippi
as Commodore Jackson
David Copperfield
as Wilkins Micawber
It's a Gift
as Harold Bissonette
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mr. Stubbins
The Old-Fashioned Way
as The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'
You're Telling Me!
as Sam Bisbee
Six of a Kind
as Sheriff John Hoxley
Alice in Wonderland
as Humpty-Dumpty
Tillie and Gus
as Augustus Winterbottom
The Barber Shop
as Cornelius O'Hare
International House
as Professor Quail
The Pharmacist
as Mr. Dilweg
The Fatal Glass of Beer
as Mr. Snavely
The Dentist
as Dentist
If I Had a Million
as Rollo La Rue
Million Dollar Legs
as The President
Crew Credits
The Bank Dick
Screenplay
My Little Chickadee
Screenplay
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Director
It's a Gift
Story
The Barber Shop
Writer
The Pharmacist
Writer
The Fatal Glass of Beer
Writer
Too Many Highballs
Story
The Dentist
Writer
The Golf Specialist
Writer
It's the Old Army Game
Theatre Play
Pool Sharks
Writer